Le Dolmen du Couperon
Le Couperon is a Neolithic monument c.3250-2250BC in the parish of Saint Martin, Jersey. Le Couperon is a picture room about eight meters (26 feet) long that was originally a long mound that was covered. It is surrounded by an outer eight-stone needle ring, known as peristalsis.
The site was first excavated in 1868. At that time, the stones fell into the cockpit. The excavators lifted these and a rock platform in the doorway and restored the rock to what the machine trained to be in its original form. In 1919, Société Jersiaise moved the window to its position at the east end of the room. However, archaeologists believe that the vent stone may have originally been in the room, dividing it into two segments of unequal length, each with its own passageway. Found at points include several flint fragments and puzzle pieces.
The dolmens are within a few meters of the guard house Le Couperon. Le Dolmen du Couperon is the seventh most beautiful historical site in Jersey.
Location: the parish of Saint Martin, Jersey.
